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TIL tempura was introduced to the Japan by the Portuguese

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b5wE TIL the Amazon Rainforest loses about 22,000 tons of the phosphorus in its soil due to floods every year. The Amazon remains so fertile because the dust of a dried up lake in the Sahara Desert traveling through the atmsophere feeds the Amazon’s plants the phosphorus it lost.
OoEBe TIL that Jason Hook, lead guitarist for metal band Five Finger Death Punch, got his big break as the guitarist for Hilary Duff’s live touring band in 2000.
PYP9g TIL Lightning storms can make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter
4XLOg TIL Norway's first aircraft hijacking was resolved after the hijacker surrendered his weapon in exchange for more beer
VMoam TIL that when a bald eagle loses a feather on one wing, it molts a matching feather on the other wing.